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HCMS Dragon (1745)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 7 months ago

Dragon (2nd), 60/64

Santa Teresa de Jesus


Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started 1744  
Named    
Launched 1745 b18
Shipyard La Habana  
Plans Cipriano Autran  
Constructor Juan Acosta  
Decks 2  
Rate 4th Rates  
Class    
System Spanish  
Crew 486   
In Service 1745 b18
Out Service 1782-may-29 b18,w2
Out Service 1783-may-29 b75
Fate Wrecked  

 

Dimensions
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Burgos ft.                

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires Source
64 1745                   b18
60 1745                   w2
62 1752 26 18 28 12 8 6 - -   s1

 

 

Commanders

1748-oct-12 ? Captain D. Manuel de Paz.  
1750-mm-00 ? Captain D. Pedro de Stuart y Portugal.  
1752-apr-11 ? Captain D. Joaquin Gutierrez s1
1753-apr-00 ? Captain D. Francisco Cumplido.  
1764-jun-00 ? Captain D. Juan Manuel Perez de Alderete.  
1766-may-03 1768-dec-21 Captain D. Manuel de Guirior.  
1768-dec-22 ? Captain D. Isidoro Latorre.  
1776-may-08 ? Commodore D. Juan Antonio Cordero.  
1780-apr-28 ? Captain D. Pedro Autran.  
1782-may-22 1783-may-29 Captain D. Miguel Alfonso de Sousa.  

 

Officers

1772-may-29   Admiral D. Luis de Cordoba's flagship.  

 

Service Record

1748-oct-12 1st Battle of La Habana  
1749-may-14 Entered at Cartagena de Indias with Real Familia (60)  
1749-mm-00 Left to Cadiz.  
1750-mm-00 At Cadiz.  
1751-nov-16 Left Cadiz with America (64) scorting Jason (20) until nearby Tenerife. s2 
1751-nov-28 Action vs Danzik  
1751-dec-00 Entered at Cadiz with America (64)  
1752-feb-00 Left Cadiz with America (64) to El Ferrol with 150 turkish prisioners to work at the Arsenal.  
1752-apr-11 At El Ferrol. s1
1752-mm-00 Left El Ferrol to Cadiz.  
1752-mm-00 Left Cadiz to Veracruz scorting merchantmen.  
1752-mm-00 Back to Cadiz.  
1753-apr-00 Left Cadiz to Veracruz.  
1753-mm-00 Left Veracruz to Cadiz with 7,000,000 pesos.  
1755-sep-05 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Infante (70) & America (64)  
1760-mm-00 At the Mediterranean patrolling.  
1764-jun-00 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Astuto (64), Glorioso (70), Juno (26), Soledad (30) & 4 merchantmen.  
1764-mm-00 All arrived to La Habana.  
1764-mm-00 All arrived to Veracruz.  
1765-aug-00 Returned to Cadiz with Astuto (64), Glorioso (70), Juno (26) & Soledad (30) with gold.  
1766-may-03 Left Cadiz to Veracruz.  
1766-jul-18 Entered at Veracruz.  
1766-mm-00 With America (64) & a minor ships to patrol coasts off La Habana.  
1767-may-30 Left Veracruz with America (64), Flora? & Jupiter (22) to La Habana with gold.  
1767-jun-23 Entered at La Habana with America (64), Flora? & Jupiter (22) with gold.  
1767-aug-28 Entered at Cadiz from La Habana with 4,589,920 gold & silver pesos fuertes. GdM01
1768-dec-22 Left Cadiz with Espanna (68) & 9 merchantmen.  
1770-jul-23 Back to Spain with with Espanna (68) & merchantmen.  
1772-may-29 Left Cadiz with America (64), Buen Consejo (60) & 13 merchantmen to Veracruz.  
1772-aug-12 Arrived to Veracruz with America (64) & 13 merchantmen.  
1773-nov-30 Left Veracruz to La Habana with gold.  
1774-mar-18 Arrived to Cadiz from La Habana with America (64) & more than 7,000,000 pesos.  
1776-may-08 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Espanna (68) & 15 merchantmen.  
1776-jul-25 Arrived to Veracruz with Espanna (68) & 15 merchantmen.  
1777-jul-00 At Veracruz, set to maintenance repairs.  
1777-nov-00 Finished repairs.  
1778-jan-16 Left Veracruz with Espanna (68) & merchantmen San Cristobal & Victoria to La Habana.  
1778-feb-08 Joinned with San Lorenzo (74), Angel de la Guarda (74), Santa Cecilia (34) & Santa Barbara (24) in their way to La Habana.  
1778-feb-13 Entered at La Habana all together.  
1778-mm-00 Left La Habana to Cadiz with Espanna (68) & merchantmen.  
1778-jun-29 Arrived to Cadiz with Espanna (68) & merchantmen.  
1778-jul-00 Left Cadiz to El Ferrol with Espanna (68)  
1779-mm-00 Left El Ferrol with 4 frigates to patrol the Biscay Bay.  
1779-oct-00 Entered at El Ferrol.  
1779-oct-00 Left El Ferrol to Cadiz.  
1779-mm-00 Commissioned to patrol Azores Islands.  
1780-jan-00 Joinned Adm. Cordoba's fleet.  
1780-apr-28 Left Cadiz to La Habana under Adm. Bote's squadron.  
1780-aug-04 Arrived to La Habana.  
1781-mm-00 Campaign of Pensacola.  
1781-mm-00 With Santa Clara (34) captured british privateers frigate London & brig Margara.  
1782-apr-00 Under repairs at La Habana.  
1783-jan-00 Left to recapture the former Santa Catalina (26), captured by the british.
1783-may-22 Left La Habana with San Leandro (64) to Veracruz. b75
1783-may-27 Runned ashore at Bajo Nuevo, Campeche (Mexico). b75
1783-may-29 Recovered with the help of San Leandro (64), turned upside down by storm waves and wrecked. b75
1783-jun-01 All the crew but 60 (lost in a boat), saved by San Leandro (64), that left to Veracruz. b75
1783-mm-00 Sunk at Isla Mujeres (Mexico). b18

 

Actions & Battles

1748-oct-12 1st Battle of La Habana  
1751-nov-28 Action vs Danzik  

 

Notes

 

Sources

GdM01 Gazeta de Madrid (08/09/1767)
b75 "Naufragios de la armada española", Cesáreo Fernández Duro.
s1 AGMAB "Estados de fuerza y vida" 2235/15
s2  RHN, 107 

 

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